Peter Finch
Acting Born Sep 28, 1916 South Kensington, London, England, UK 24 credits
Biography
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as crazed television anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the BAFTA, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes. He was the first of two people to win a posthumous Academy Award in an acting category; the other was fellow Australian Heath Ledger.
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- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- Network (1976) as Howard Beale
- Elephant Walk (1954) as John Wiley
- The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) as Captain Harris
- The Nun's Story (1959) as Dr. Fortunati
- The Battle of the River Plate (1956) as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
- The Pumpkin Eater (1964) as Jake Armitage
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) as William Boldwood
- First Men in the Moon (1964) as Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) as Sheriff of Nottingham
- Lost Horizon (1973) as Richard Conway
- Murderers' Row (1966) as British agent (uncredited)
- Raid on Entebbe (1976) as Yitzhak Rabin
- The Red Tent (1969) as Umberto Nobile
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) as Dr. Daniel Hirsh
- The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) as Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
- The Dark Avenger (1955) as Comte De Ville
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) as Oscar
- Kidnapped (1960) as Alan Breck Stewart
- Bequest to the Nation (1973) as Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) as Self - Lewis Zarken (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001) as Self (archive footage)
- Father Brown (1954) as Gustave Flambeau